Difference between revisions of "Desmodium marilandicum"
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==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | + | It is found in pine-oak-hickory woodlands, open, upland pine, dry ridges, and sandhills (FSU Herbarium). Is found in mostly human disturbed areas such as woodlands bordering the road, clearing in a live-oak woodland, cleaering between pineland and field, edge of mixed woods around a campground, sterile hillside, and abandoned fields (FSU Herbarium). Requires semi-shaded to open areas. Is associates with areas with loamy sand and clayey soil types (FSU Herbarium). | |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
| − | + | It has been observed flowering from August through October (FSU Herbarium). Has been observed fruiting from September through November (FSU Herbarium). | |
===Seed dispersal=== | ===Seed dispersal=== | ||
===Seed bank and germination=== | ===Seed bank and germination=== | ||
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> | ===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> | ||
| − | + | It can withstand areas with annual burns and winter burns (FSU Herbarium). | |
===Pollination=== | ===Pollination=== | ||
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.--> | ===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.--> | ||
===Diseases and parasites=== | ===Diseases and parasites=== | ||
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==Conservation and Management== | ==Conservation and Management== | ||
==Cultivation and restoration== | ==Cultivation and restoration== | ||
Revision as of 10:05, 13 July 2015
| Desmodium marilandicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae |
| Genus: | Desmodium |
| Species: | D. marilandicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. | |
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| Natural range of Desmodium marilandicum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Common Name: Smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
It is found in pine-oak-hickory woodlands, open, upland pine, dry ridges, and sandhills (FSU Herbarium). Is found in mostly human disturbed areas such as woodlands bordering the road, clearing in a live-oak woodland, cleaering between pineland and field, edge of mixed woods around a campground, sterile hillside, and abandoned fields (FSU Herbarium). Requires semi-shaded to open areas. Is associates with areas with loamy sand and clayey soil types (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
It has been observed flowering from August through October (FSU Herbarium). Has been observed fruiting from September through November (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
It can withstand areas with annual burns and winter burns (FSU Herbarium).
Pollination
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014.
Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, V. Sullivan, J. Wooten, A. F. Clewell, R. Kral, R. Komarek, T. MacClendon, - Boothes; K. Blum, Norlan C. Henderson, John W. Thieret, H. R. Reed, Delzie Demaree, A. C. Mathews, A. E. Radford, G. W. Parmelee, and H. A. Wahl.
States and Counties: Alabama: Cleburne, Franklin, and Russell. Arkansas: Drew. Florida: Jackson and Leon. Georgia: Baker and Decatur. Indiana: Elkhart. Louisiana: Morehouse and Natchitoches. Michigan: Barry. Mississippi: Pearl River. Missouri: Henry. North Carolina: Orange and Surry. Pennsylvania: Venango. Virginia: Montgomery.
